About the Flag

The municipality of Itapevi (200,874 inhabitants in 2010; 9,135 ha) is
located in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, 35 km west of São Paulo.

Itapevi (in Tupi-Guarani, "a smooth stone") was established around
1850 as a borough of the town of Cotia. The first settlers of the
place were the Abreu family. In 1875, Emperor Peter II inaugurated the
railway station of Cotia, then a small, straw-roofed hut. On 12
October 1920, the local politician Joaquim Nunes Filho ("Nho Quim")
obtained the establishment of the district. In 1940, Carlos de Castro
purchased from Joaquim Nunes Filho a piece of land where he
established Parque Suburbano and Jardim Bela Vista, boosting the
urbanization of the town. In 1945, the name of the Cotia station was
changed to Itapevi to end confusion with the town of Cotia.
The municipality of Itapevi was established in 1958 and inaugurated on
18 February 1959.

The flag of Itapevi is white with a thin horizontal red stripe at the
top and the bottom, a thin horizontal green stripe just below the
upper red stripe, inscribed with "ITAPEVI" in white letters, and the
municipal coat of arms in the white field.

The Portuguese shield recalls the Lusitianian tradition and the
colonization of Brazil in the 16th century.
The key and the halberd evoke Sts. Peter and Jude Thaddeus, the patron
saints of the municipality., as well as the spiritual and Christian
feelings of the inhabitants.
The locomotive is modelled on the "Baroness", the first that arrived
in the Itapevi railway station, recalling that the town emerged from
the station and developed mostly thanks to the railway.
The cog wheel symbolizes industry as the main source of income of the
town.
The fess wavy represents river Barueri-Mirim watering the town.
Vert (green) is a symbol of hope, abundance and liberty.
Gules (red) is a symbol of valour, struggle, intrepidity, audacity and
strong-mindedness.
Argent is a symbol of purity, ideal, integrity, eloquence and nobleness.
Or is a symbol of wealth, force, faith and constancy.